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Progressive Movement and Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

open society where mankind was neither chained to the past nor condemned to a deterministic future" (Woo, 1995, p. 01B). Perhaps ...

Anti Semitism Throughout U.S. History

likely that the Holocaust would have been even more horrendous than it was. Many, however, have the tendency to point to America ...

Battle of San Juan

become the commander of the Rough Riders. President McKinley asked for men to become volunteers, with Roosevelt one of the...

FDR and Pearl Harbor

The writer examines the claim that President Roosevelt knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor, and in fact had maneuv...

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Feminist Biography

("Eleanor Roosevelt Biography," 2007). Orphaned at a young age, Eleanor lived with a grandmother in New York and was educated by p...

Concerns about FDR's New Deal

that affected working Americans; they are still in place (National recovery administration). These laws included a "40 hour week f...

"The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin" - Leadership

a pertinent example of Franklins (1996) fundamental attitude for meeting a challenge. Hard work, he contended, was the lifeblood ...

The Meaning of The First Black Presidency

whether or not the statement is true. One can easily see that Obama had become president many years after the movement, and also t...

American Political Thought: A Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan

did. He was so confident in his vision, that people automatically would trust in the things he said. In reviewing his stint as pr...

A Comparative History of F.D. Roosevelt and Mackenzie King

an attorney ("William Lyon Mackenzie King," 2002). Roosevelt was also born to privilege. His family had been members of the aristo...

Evaluating the James K. Polk Presidency

did accomplish was staggering; much of it good, some of it questionable, but a considerable body of work. He came to the White Hou...

A Re-evaluation of the John Adams Presidency

The laws were not popular and while they had been reversed by Congress for the most part, or were simply not renewed, Adams was co...

Franklin and Douglass

men and the student or this writer/researcher. In relationship to the importance of these two individuals, in the history of the...

The Hardy Boys: The Secret of Skull Mountain

little hints to the truth of the mystery, as is the case with the Hardy Boys mysteries as well as most mystery stories. Each chapt...

American Provincialism

opportunity and they also, in many ways, dismissed the pomp of the British aristocratic (Sandefur, 2007). It is perhaps th...

Theme of Slavery in 3 Literary Eras

slaves are forcibly taken from their native lands, "Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children," which he argues goes ...

The Roosevelt Administration and the Black Cabinet

Depression"). They were paid $1.00 per day for their work ("FDR and the Depression"). The "Black Cabinet" was part of the New Dea...

The Concept of Individualism

and what is the problem with it? Individualism is "the degree of individual or group orientation" (Bing, 2005). It "refers to the ...

The Emergence Of The Modern Congress And Presidency

and every bureau" (Sundquist, 1981, p. 38) every year. Prior to that Act, each department and bureau had to submit their own progr...

The Evolution of the United States Presidency and its Relationship with Congress

the Framers of the Constitution had in mind when they established the use of checks and balances in Congress but one can see that ...

When Life Gave Him Lemons, Ben Franklin Made Lemonade

historical figures who is truly, and almost universally, admired. He was intelligent, witty, fond of women, well-traveled, curious...

Andrew Jackson, His Presidency and Policies

had, or the worst, depending on ones point of view. This paper discusses why he was controversial, what he hoped to achieve, what ...

Middle Class According to Benjamin Franklin, Moliere, and Voltaire

notably Charles Dickens, Moliere, and Voltaire - had decidedly different and less heroic definitions of the middle class in their ...

MEDIA, THE WAR AND THE PRESIDENCY

information is wanted out there has become that much more difficult. But few issues have caused as much outrage as how the...

The American Presidency

of both the despotism that can be imposed by a monarch, as well as the "tyranny of a fixed popular majority" (Foner and Garraty). ...

Foreign Policy in Central America During the Carter Presidency

issues dominate the low politics of economics and other issues" (p. 465). Adherents of this somewhat rigid mindset believe that ...

Bush II, Iran-Contra and the Imperial Presidency

they feared that Congress would stop them if it knew of their activities and because they feared, as well, the political consequen...

Benjamin Franklin

through writing and through other levels of involvement. In relationship to the supporting evidence provided by the author...

Franklin and Crockett

man who could not be respected in some manner. In the case of Franklin one sees him, at a relatively early age, beginning to teach...

Wisdom and Wit of Benjamin Franklin and Will Rogers

was political in orientation. Satire is a matter of seeing something from another perspective - sometimes inside out and cynical....